一个患有先天缺陷脊柱裂的伊拉克女孩术后康复

发布时间：2008-10-10

Noor al-Zahra, nicknamed “Baby Noor,” came from Iraq to the U.S. southern city of Atlanta, Georgia after an American National Guard unit from Georgia discovered the infant’s family living in poverty in Baghdad. The soldiers noticed the baby’s legs were paralyzed and she had a growth on her back. The three-month-old had spina bifida, a birth defect in which the backbone and spinal cord do not close before birth. The National Guard unit worked with U.S. officials and charitable groups to bring her to Atlanta for treatment.

“It’s really gratifying to know that my actions, and the actions of my platoon and unit could help this little girl. Give her the medical attention that she needs and potentially give her a new start in life.” On Monday, Baby Noor was carried into the operating room at a children’s healthcare unit at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta. Under an operating room microscope, neurosurgeon Roger Hudgens uncovered the spinal cord.

Surgeons positioned her spinal cord in its place and removed a fluid-filled sac from the baby’s back. Doctor Hudgens says the surgery went well, despite the fact that the procedure ideally should be carried out within days of birth. “It was as difficult as I thought it was going to be because this is not the time that we close a defect such as this.”

Doctors say she most likely would have died without the operation. But despite the surgery, she will remain a paraplegic and will not be able to move her legs.

努尔·阿扎尔，乳名叫“婴儿·努尔”，一名出生于伊拉克巴格达的贫苦家庭的女婴，被美国国民警卫队组织发现后，送往了美国南部城市，位于乔治亚州的亚特兰大进行治疗。起初发现她的时候，士兵们注意到她双腿瘫痪，只有背部才有生长的迹象。原来，这名仅有三个月大的女婴患了先天缺陷脊柱裂的疾病，这是一种在婴儿出生前脊椎和脊髓没有闭合生长的先天性疾病。国民警卫队与美国一些官员以及慈善组织通力合作将这个婴儿送往亚他兰大进行治疗。

“知道我本人、我所在的排以及整个组织的工作能够帮助这个小女孩是一件多么令人愉快的事情啊。给予她所需的医疗救助就等于给了她一个全新的生命啊。”星期一，婴儿·努尔被送入了位于亚特兰大的苏格兰礼式医院儿童康复中心的手术室。在手术室的显微镜下，名叫罗伯·哈得根斯的神经外科医生打开了她的脊髓。

手术将她的脊髓复位并从她的背部摘除了一颗充满液体的囊肿。哈得根斯医生说这个手术进展得非常成功，尽管这种手术的最理想时机应该是在出生的几天内进行。他说：“正如我预想的那样困难，因为这不是将她这样的生理缺陷闭合的最佳时机。”

医生说如不做这个手术的话她很可能已经死了。但尽管实施了手术，她将仍然处于瘫痪状态，双腿无法移动。

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